Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble. New Living Translation The wicked are trapped by their own words, but the godly escape such trouble. English Standard Version An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble. Berean Standard Bible An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. King James Bible The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. New King James Version The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will come through trouble. New American Standard Bible An evil person is ensnared by the offense of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. NASB 1995 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. NASB 1977 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. Legacy Standard Bible The snare of an evil man is in the transgression of his lips, But the righteous man will come out from distress. Amplified Bible An evil man is [dangerously] ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. Christian Standard Bible By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped, but a righteous person escapes from trouble. Holman Christian Standard Bible An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous one escapes from trouble. American Standard Version In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The evil one is caught in the evil of his lips and the righteous escapes from trouble. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls. Contemporary English Version We trap ourselves by telling lies, but we stay out of trouble by living right. Douay-Rheims Bible For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress. English Revised Version In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: but the righteous shall come out of trouble. GOD'S WORD® Translation An evil person is trapped by his own sinful talk, but a righteous person escapes from trouble. Good News Translation The wicked are trapped by their own words, but honest people get themselves out of trouble. International Standard Version An evil man's sinful speech ensnares him, but the righteous person escapes from trouble. JPS Tanakh 1917 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous cometh out of trouble. Literal Standard Version The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, | And the righteous goes out from distress. Majority Standard Bible An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. New American Bible By the sin of their lips the wicked are ensnared, but the just escape from a tight spot. NET Bible The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble. New Revised Standard Version The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble. New Heart English Bible An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble. Webster's Bible Translation The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. World English Bible An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble. Young's Literal Translation In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Loving Discipline and Knowledge…12The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes. 13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. 14By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.… Cross References 2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. Psalm 59:12 By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter. Psalm 64:8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads. Proverbs 11:8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in. Proverbs 18:7 A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Proverbs 18:21 Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress. Treasury of Scripture The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Proverbs 18:6,7 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes… but Proverbs 11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. Genesis 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 2 Samuel 4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, Jump to Previous Distress Ensnared Escape Escapes Evil Forth Lips Net Righteous Sin Sinful Sinfulness Sinner Snare Snared Talk Transgression Trapped Trouble Upright WickedJump to Next Distress Ensnared Escape Escapes Evil Forth Lips Net Righteous Sin Sinful Sinfulness Sinner Snare Snared Talk Transgression Trapped Trouble Upright WickedProverbs 12 1. Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge(13) The wicked is cursed by the transgression of his lips.--For his words, the product of his evil heart, while designed to injure others, often bring the offender himself into trouble (Psalm 7:16), and moreover, as being the true index of the inner life of the soul, are being stored up as a witness against him at the day of judgment" (Matthew 12:37). The "just man," on the contrary, avoids all this "trouble."Verse 13. - The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips; rather, in the transgression of the lips is an evil snare (Proverbs 18:7). A man by speaking unadvisedly or intemperately brings trouble upon himself, involves himself in difficulties which he did not foresee. Often when he has spoken in order to injure others, the slander or the censure has redounded on himself (comp. Psalm 7:15, 16; Psalm 9:16). The just; the man who does not offend with his lips, avoids these snares. The Septuagint here introduces a couplet not found in the Hebrew: "He who looketh gently (ὁ Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew An evilרָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil man is trapped מוֹקֵ֣שׁ (mō·w·qêš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4170: A bait or lure, a snare by his rebellious בְּפֶ֣שַׁע (bə·p̄e·ša‘) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6588: Transgression speech, שְׂ֭פָתַיִם (p̄ā·ṯa·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin but a righteous man צַדִּֽיק׃ (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6662: Just, righteous escapes וַיֵּצֵ֖א (way·yê·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from trouble. מִצָּרָ֣ה (miṣ·ṣā·rāh) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival Links Proverbs 12:13 NIVProverbs 12:13 NLT Proverbs 12:13 ESV Proverbs 12:13 NASB Proverbs 12:13 KJV Proverbs 12:13 BibleApps.com Proverbs 12:13 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 12:13 Chinese Bible Proverbs 12:13 French Bible Proverbs 12:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is trapped by sinfulness (Prov. 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